胸

See also 胷

Translingual

Han character

胸 (radical 130 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月心山大 (BPUK), four-corner 7722₀)

1. breast, bosom, chest
2. thorax

References

• KangXi: page 981, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29442
• Dae Jaweon: page 1432, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2070, character 1
• Unihan data for U+80F8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

胸 (Yale hung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

胸 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: むね (mune)

Compounds

• 胸囲 (きょうい, kyōi) chest girth
• 胸像 (きょうぞう, kyōsen) bust (sculpture)
• 豊胸 (ほうきょう, houkyou) small delicate breasts

• 胸中 (きょうちゅう, kyōchū) one's thought, one's mind
• 胸騒ぎ (むなさわぎ, munasawagi) bad feeling
• 胸元 (むなもと, munamoto) neckline

Noun

胸 (hiragana むね, romaji mune)

1. chest, breast
2. breasts
3. heart
   • 胸を焦がす恋
   • 胸がどきどきする

Synonyms

• (breasts) おっぱい, 乳房
• (heart) こころ, 心臓

Derived terms

• 胸を借りる
• 胸を撫で下ろす
• 胸が騒ぐ

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Korean

Hanja

胸 (hangeul 흉, revised hyung, McCune-Reischauer hyung, Yale hyung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

胸 (pinyin xiōng (xiong1), Wade-Giles hsiung¹)

Compounds

• 胸部
• 胸腹
• 胸膈
• 胸骨
• 胸花
• 胸怀
• 胸襟
• 胸坎, 胸坎儿
• 胸口
• 胸廓
• 胸膜
• 胸膜炎
• 胸脯, 胸脯儿
• 胸前

• 胸腔
• 胸膛
• 胸围
• 胸无城府
• 胸无点墨
• 胸无宿物
• 胸像
• 胸臆
• 胸有成竹
• 胸章
• 胸罩
• 胸针
• 胸中无数
• 胸中有数
• 胸椎

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Vietnamese

Han character

胸 (hung, hông)